HELP : Linux 2.2.1 + Toshiba Tecra 8000 : how to enable sound ????? HELP !

Hi folks,

A Tecra 8000 seems to have a Yamaha OPLSAx sound engine and all kernel
modules are
available: ad1848, mpu401, opl3 and opl3sa + sound + soundcore.
Nevertheless, after some hard trying, it won't produce a single sound.
/proc/ioports and /proc/interrupts and /dev/sndstat look OK to me.
Inserting the modules with relevant parameters (?) produces no visible
error messages.

So, what the heck did I do wrong ?
Anyone got this working ?
Please mail me or post in this group if you know how to get this done.

Thanks,

Louis Weerpas, l...@caiw.nl

I hope it helps.
Ricardo.

Toshiba Portege 7010CT Sound with docking-station attached
------------------------------ ----------------------------

Yamaha OPL3-SA3 16 bit sound ship
Tested with Linux Redhat 5.2

Check BIOS Setup (default):
    WSS I/O:                    0x530
    SBPro I/O:                  0x220
    Synt. I/O:                  0x388
    WSS & SBPro & MPU401 Irq.:  5
    WSS (Play) DMA:             1
    WSS (Rec) & SBPro DMA:      0
    Control I/O:                0x538
    MPU 401 (MIDI I/F):         0x330

By hand: needed Linux drivers:
    insmod soundcore
    insmod soundlow
    insmod sound
    insmod mpu401
    insmod ad1848
    insmod opl3 io=0x388
    insmod opl3sa2 io=0x538 mss_io=0x530 irq=5 dma=0 dma2=1 mpu_io=0x330

Update the following files to automatically load the above modules
during startup:
    /etc/conf.modules:
        alias sound opl3sa2
        alias midi opl3
        options opl3 io=0x388
        options opl3sa2 io=0x370 mss_io=0x530 irq=5 dma=0,1 mpu_io=0x330

    /etc/sysconfig/soundcard
        CARDTYPE=OPL3_SAX

Tested applications:
    cdplay
    xmixer
    xplaycd
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Hello!

I have done the following to enable sound on a Toshiba 320CDT:

- compile a new 2.2.1 kernel with sound modules:
  CONFIG_SOUND=m
  CONFIG_SOUND_OSS=m
  CONFIG_SOUND_ADLIB=m
  CONFIG_SOUND_MPU401=m
  CONFIG_SOUND_MSS=m
  CONFIG_SOUND_OPL3SA2=m
  CONFIG_SOUND_SOFTOSS=m
  CONFIG_SOUND_YM3812=m
  CONFIG_SOUND_VMIDI=m

- get the configuration from DOS
  reboot to DOS, then
  cd toshiba
  tsetup

  my configuration is:

  WSS I/O:     530H
  SBPro I/O:   220H
  Synth I/O:   388H
  IRQ:         5
  WSS DMA:     1
  SBPro DMA:   0
  Control I/O: 370H
  MPU 401 I/O: 330H

- boot Linux 2.2.1 and try the following:

  insmod soundcore

  if there is an error message "device busy", you probably have the
  wrong addresses, look again at your configuration

- my /dev/sndstat:

OSS/Free:3.8s2++-971130
Load type: Driver loaded as a module
Kernel: Linux minkowski 2.2.1 #1 Wed Feb 24 15:28:12 MET 1999 i586
Config options: 0

Installed drivers:

Card config:

Audio devices:
0: MS Sound System (CS4231) (DUPLEX)

Synth devices:
0: Yamaha OPL3

Midi devices:
0: MPU-401 0.0  Midi interface #1

Timers:
0: System clock
1: MS Sound System (CS4231)

Mixers:
0: OPL3-SAx and AD1848 (through MSS)
1: MS Sound System (CS4231)

- play a WAV sound file with sox (I used 'play file.wav' which should
  work with every Linux distribution, at least with S.u.S.E. 6.0 and
  Debian 2.1)

- use xmix or another mixer program to tune up the DSP volume, otherwise
  you barely hear anything

- now edit your /etc/conf.modules to make the changes permanent:

  alias char-major-14 sound
  alias sound opl3sa2
  post-install sound /sbin/modprobe "-k" "opl3"

Greetings,

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